Vehicle.



' D. H. JAMES.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED m h s. 1909.

. Patented Aug. 17, 1909."

l l l a l l i DANIEL H. JAMES, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 8, 1909. Serial No. 481,968.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl. lhxmr. II. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo. in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicles. and the object is to provide means for relieving the body of a vehicle from thejar and vibration incident to a vehicle traveling over rough roads or obstacles. and to relieve the body of a motor vehicle of the vibration caused by an engine when in operation.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

lo the :ua-ompanyin drawings l igure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a vehicle showing my invention ap )licd thereto. and Fig. 2 is a sectional view s towing the attachment of the frame or body for supporting the engine.

represents the body of a vehicle. and B is the axle. A bracket. 1. is connected to the body. A, and pivotally connected to the axle. B. and bracket. 1, is a platform spring, '2. Connected to the platform spring is an elliptical spring. 3, connected ly a clamp. -l. The upper portion of the elliptical spring is connected in anv suitable manner to the body. of the vehicle by any construction of hanger desired. but I have shown the spring connected by a clamp or hanger. 5,

to the body.

lepresrnts a bed or frame for an engine (not shown). which is connected or supported to the springs by a plate, 6, which is held at one end by the clamp, 4, and by clamps, t' at its other end to the bed C.

The platform sprin" is )ivotally connected at one end to the ox e. o a vehicle and the other end is pivoted to the bracket for In addi-,

forming a compensatinp spring. tion to glvlllg the body of the car the benefit and t-l.isticil of the platform spring. the

body of the vehicle will not receive the entire vibration which IS usually received by the body when the wheel of the vehicle passes over an obstruction or into a rut. This is obviated by iroviding the elliptical spring and the plat. orm spring. which are connected together and both of which are connected to the body of the vehicle.

I do not care to be limited to any particnlariorm of vehicle to which my invem tion may be applied. as it can be connected to a mo or vehicle or to carriages and wagons of any styl". l have, however. disclosed my invention as applied to a motor vehicle.

It is evident that more or le s slight. changes? might be resorted to in the form and a rangement of the several parts described without departing from the s irit and scope of my invention. and hence do not wish-to be. limited to the exactconstruction herein set forth, but:

llaving fully described my invention. what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letlet's l'aten is:

1. In a vehicle, the combination with a body. of an axle. a platform spring one end of which is pivotally connected to the axle and the other end connected to the body of the vehicle. and an elliptical sprin rigidly connected to the body and platform spring.

2. In a vebicle the combination with a body. of an axle. a bracket connected to the body. a platform sprin g pivotally connecteil at one end to the axle and the other end pivotally connected to the bracket. an elliptical spring connected to the platform spring and body and means for supporting an en gine bed on the last named sprin 3. vehicle, the combination with a body, of an axle, a platform spring one end of which is pivotally connected to the axle and the other end pivotally connected to the body of the vehicle and another spring rigidly connected to the body of the vehicle and the platform spring.

al'. In a vehicle, the combination with a body, of an axle, a bracket connected to the body, a platform spring pivotally connected to the axle and bracket, and an elliptical spring rigidly connected to the platform spring and to the body.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature, in the prcsem-e of two witnesses.

DANIEL ll. JAMES.

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